Well, I read a bunch of different blogs often times looking for inspiration and motivation to get my hindtail in gear. Other times, I am just reading and hoping that someone else has struggled with something that I have struggled with....I read a blog called Laylagrace which is about a child who died of cancer last year, it makes me cry everytime that I read it because it updates on a continual basis about other children fighting that terrible disease, it is like a car wreck I am sucked in and can't stop reading but when I am done I am so thankful for my children's health. I try to be inspiring, but sometimes well a great deal of time, I just have enough in my tank to motivate myself to get moving and not eat that cookie.
Well, the northern is 4 weeks out and a half marathon is 7 weeks out and another fitness show is 8 weeks out...my goal is to do them all, but I also have that MOM thing going on and a few duties as the pre-school president and other various tasks I have said yes to, when I really should have said no. My mom was always at school and volunteered countless hours, then she taught fitness classes at night (where I was supposed to do my homework, but didn't and watched her teach)....so I guess I have this vision that I need to volunteer everywhere. The thing is my mom only had one kid and well I have two and my time at the schools is more time than I counted on...anyway I need to learn to say NO but that is another blog for another day.
I actually have been meaning to take some time to reflect on my 5 1/2 years teaching StrollerFit classes. I can't believe it's over, it is very surreal, but at the same time it is a HUGE weight lifted off of my back. It is one less thing I need to worry about on a daily basis and I am so excited that I won't have to remember not to forget to send in my royalties...which is soooo very nice. What I do miss is the women that I have taught and their children that I have watched grow into school aged students. I only hope that I have at least inspired one of those women to put fitness on their priority list and I really hope that I have allowed the moms to set very positive healthy examples for their children. Without StrollerFit, I would have been lost after the birth of Jake. It was what I did, I threw everything into it and made some great friends but also lost a few during the journey. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything, although I would love to have traded some of the headaches that it sometimes caused, in the end I hope that each student that I ever taught gained just a little from their time in Strollerfit.
Now, I am 4 weeks out from this show, I am way better off than I was last time and know what to expect (especially when getting spray tanned). This one is a "home game" for me so I will get to sleep in my bed and do my own thing, hotels aren't my gig and being alone last time made me want to puke. I know what to experience backstage, thank god for Erin Rhoades (check out her blog The Rhoade(s) to fitness) because her humor and her ability to bikini bite was so reassuring. She listened to me ramble on when I was nervous and I won't ever be able to tell her in words how encouraging she was that day and night. And let's attack the monkey in the room, the half marathon, yes I am nuts and for those fitness purists, I am sure you are saying what in the heck are you doing trying to train for both...well the truth is that my body loves cardio and looks better when I do a good deal of it, so training for the race doing sprint sets for miles and miles has actually been a great thing for me. So, again we will see how this goes and hope not to come in last place (I came too darn close last time). Thanks to all who have suffered in this journey with me, your support means a ton but we all know I am not great at showing emotion, just know that I really appreciate it...really really really appreciate it.
Praying for no ice tomorrow so I can train, if not my trainer Jake(age 6) will make sure that my cardio and weights are done because in his words of wisdom "mom, you don't want to look bad for your show."
